Which of the Following Is a Valid Statement About How

question 53

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a valid statement about how rocks respond to stress?

• A) If the stress is very high, the rock will be unchanged.
• B) Stress can cause a rock to be displaced, but not rotated.
• C) If a rock has strained, then it has changed its size or shape.
• D) A rock can be displaced or strained but not both at the same time.

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Definitions:

Percentile

A statistical measure indicating the value below which a given percentage of observations in a group of observations fall.

Percentile

A measure used in statistics indicating the value below which a given percentage of observations in a group of observations falls.

Normal Model

A bell-shaped frequency distribution graph where the bulk of the values lie close to the mean, used in many statistical analyses to describe data sets.

Percentile

A measure used in statistics indicating the value below which a given percentage of observations in a group fall.